† snacot-fishn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
The garfish.
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horn-fishOE
hornkeckc1425
garfishc1440
horn-stocka1485
green-bone1525
hornbeak1565
thorn-beak1570
horn-back1598
needlefish1601
spit-fish1601
sea-needle1603
ganefish1611
snacot-fish1611
greenbacka1682
bill-fisha1757
gar1767
sea-pike1769
saury1771
gar-pike1776
sea-snipea1832
mackerel guide1835
long-nose1836
gore-fish1839
gorebill1862
mackerel-scout1880
Long Tom1881
snipe-eel1882
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Arfie, a Hornefish, Hornebeake, Snacotfish, Ganefish.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esguille,..a small fish called a Horne~beake, Snacot-fish,..Piper-fish. [Hence in Beck (1657), Ainsworth (1736), Johnson, etc.]
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